With the assistance of more than a dozen former officials of Nantucheng, coupled with the promise of the Xinghua Legion not to infringe on the private property of the people of Nantu, Nantucheng quickly stabilized, and the people gradually returned to normal life order. Soon, there were a number of shops that opened their doors and started business.

No matter what, people always want to live better.

Of course, the Xinghua Legion occupied Nantucheng not for charity. The residences of some diehards were confiscated by the joint efforts of the Xinghua Army and the Southern Soil Army. Under the leadership of the local army, the Xinghua Army made a lot of money.

The next day, Yi Xingchen did not leave a single soldier in the city of Nantu City and withdrew from Nantu City. Leave Nantucheng under the management of the surrender officials and soldiers they appointed. There are two reasons for doing so. First, Nantucheng is the southern gateway to the eastern country, with two gates, north and south. The north gate was destroyed, but the south gate still needed soldiers to guard it to prevent the barbarian invasion from the south. On the second side, it is also because the north gate was destroyed, and the Xinghua Army cannot defend it, so it is better not to defend it. As long as the reinforcements from the east are wiped out, Nantucheng will always be the city of Xinghua Kingdom.

Xinghua Legion, a temporary camp outside Nantu City, inside the king's tent, Yi Xingchen was listening to the reports of the officers of various officers on the situation of the war.

"Xilin Zhaojin came with news that an army of about 10,000 horses from the east moved in the direction of Nantu. ”

Not long after the Xinghua Royal Legion occupied Nantucheng, it got in touch with Zhao Jin and other Xinghua Xilin Legions.

"Zhao Jin's news has been confirmed by the scouts. There is a large army that is moving towards us. ”

"Is the ambush location arranged?" Yi Xingchen asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty. We've got it covered!"

Subsequently. Yi Xingchen went to inspect the position. The position is on higher ground and is entirely a small trench arranged in accordance with the field positions of the modern army of Blue Mercury.

The reason why the trench position is arranged is to guard against the crystal cannons of alchemists in the enemy army. Although the Alchemist's Crystal Cannons are expensive and not equipped with much equipment, they also have to guard against a small amount of equipment from the enemy. At the same time, it can also be used to defend against enemy archers. Trenches are effective at dodging attacks from a distance.

The reinforcements from the east came faster than Yi Xingchen imagined.

The first group of cavalry passed through the ambush position. About a hundred cavalry. Yi Xingchen let them go, and their target was the large army behind.

Sure enough, about half an hour later, a huge army was about to pass through the ambush position.

The ambush position set up by the Xinghua Corps was located on a small slope next to the official road, about 100 meters away from the official road, which was exactly within the effective firing range.

"Wait until they're halfway through, and we'll attack again!" the Xinghua officer whispered to the soldiers.

This ambush was the Second Regiment of the Xinghua Royal Army. In the front line, a hundred soldiers of the First Legion and nearly a thousand soldiers of the First Legion of the Kingdom were behind. It was a real field battle. Whether the Royal Second Legion can take charge on its own depends on the performance this time. Therefore, the officers of the Royal Second Legion are fully prepared and hope that the battle will be decided.

The soldiers of the Second Imperial Legion were almost all converted from Bactrian slaves. Ever since they became slaves, they never expected the Great Xia Kingdom to rescue them. The king of Xinghua gave them hope, and they were undoubtedly very grateful. In addition, eager to change his identity, every soldier is full of energy. Moreover, they have no good feelings about the army of the Eastern Departure Country. The soldiers of the Second Imperial Legion are eager to kill the soldiers of the Dongli Army in order to gain more points and become a full-fledged citizen of the Xinghua Kingdom.

"What are those?"

Yi Xingchen passed through the telescope and found that there were five carriages in the army that left the country, pulling strange things. Yi Xingchen was slightly stunned and watched carefully.

"Those are the products of the Crystal Energy Cannon!" Alchemist!" Yi Xingchen was taken aback.

It seems that Dongli is not unprepared, and their crystal cannons must be used against the rifle team of the Xinghua Legion.

"These crystal energy cannons must not be let go!" Yi Xingchen said. He immediately took out his walkie-talkie and told the commander of the Royal Second Regiment in the front line about the Crystal Cannon, and asked them to intercept the Cannon.

The commander of the second officer, named Neo.

At this time, the reinforcements from the east had only just passed a little half. Neo did not stick to the form, and immediately changed the order, ordering the soldiers to attack quickly, attacking the enemies around the crystal cannon first.

Boom!

There was a loud bang.

A rocket hit a carriage hauling the crystal cannon, not only blowing up the carriage, but also the Dongli soldiers who were escorting around were blown away several people.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire. The soldiers of the Xinghua Legion, aiming their guns at the enemy on the official road, fired fierce bullets.

The soldiers of the East Departure Army, for a while, seemed to have been blinded. Many soldiers, not knowing what was happening, did not react at all, and fell to the ground after being shot. The soldiers around them don't even know where the bullets are coming from.

The unsuspecting Dongli army was dealt a heavy blow.

It took about five minutes for the officers of the Eastern Departure Army to discover the position of the Xinghua Regiment and organize the soldiers for the first counterattack. They organized about 2,000 infantry and more than 100 archers to launch a deadly attack on the Xinghua position on the hillside 100 meters away.

The trenches covered the bodies of the Xinghua soldiers, and when they left the archers in the east, they could only shoot blindly to the position, and there was no threat to the soldiers of the Xinghua Legion.

Relying on the trenches, the Xinghua Army continued to maintain fierce gunfire, completely stopping the counterattack of the Dongli Army.

The first counterattack of the Dongli Army was suppressed before it even reached a position fifty meters from the Xinghua position. A large number of soldiers left the east, leaving their bodies behind.

Seeing this, the Dongli officer has always wanted to regain control of the crystal cannon and use the crystal cannon to fight back.

However, Neo of the Second Legion of the Xinghua Royal Family, following the king's order, ordered some soldiers to focus on the area around the crystal cannon, and any soldiers who approached the crystal cannon would be attacked by heavy bullets.

After a few attacks, no one in the Eastern Army was concerned about the four Crystal Cannons (there was one Crystal Cannon, which was initially damaged by rocket attacks. Later, seeing that the Dongli army could not control the crystal cannon, and in order to save rockets, Neo no longer continued to order rocket artillery attacks. The generals had to order the soldiers, temporarily avoiding the edge, to retreat.

Seeing this, Neo, the commander of the Royal Second Legion, understood that the opportunity had come, and immediately ordered the soldiers in the trenches to take grenades and charge.

"Long live the Xinghua Kingdom! Long live the king! Kill!"

All the soldiers of the Royal Second Legion, charged. (To be continued......)